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| Barrick Investors Win Class Cert. In Mine Compliance Row by Kurt Orzeck, Law 360 March 25th, 2016 A New York federal judge on Wednesday certified a class of investors accusing Barrick Gold Corp. of repeatedly and knowingly misleading them about whether its troubled $8.5 billion South American mining project complied with environmental regulations. |
| Barrick Gold spills Cyanide in 5 Argentine Rivers TeleSUR February 23rd, 2016 Argentina's Federal Police confirmed that Barrick Gold could be probed over environmental crimes in the country, concludes that there had been a �definite case of law infringement� of the country's legislation on the proper handling of hazardous substances. |
| Barrick Gold Mine Spill �Contaminated Five Rivers with Cyanide� by Azzura Lalani, The Argentina Independent February 23rd, 2016 Last September�s cyanide spill at the Veladero mine owned by Barrick Gold contaminated five rivers in the region, according to a federal court commissioned report. |
| Land dispute sends farmers, Barrick Gold back to court Dominican Today February 11th, 2016 Cotui, Dominican Republic. Hundreds of farmers on Thursday are gathered at the Sanchez Ramirez province (central) Land Court, site of the fifth hearing in their case against the miner Barrick Gold. Hundreds of people have sued the mining company to demand payment for the farmers� properties. |
| UN experts analyze water samples in San Juan after cyanide spill Buenos Aires Herald September 20th, 2015 A group of United Nations (UN) experts started to analyze water samples of the rivers Jachal, Las Taguas and Blanco in San Juan to see if they have been polluted with cyanide, following an industrial malfunction at the Veladero mine that caused a pipe carrying the lethal substance to fracture. |
| Leak poisons Barrick Gold�s reputation by Michael Lerner , Blouin News Business September 18th, 2015 An Argentine judge on Wednesday ordered a five-day suspension of the gold leaching process at Barrick Gold Corp.�s Veladero mine in San Juan province. The purpose is to check if there was any environmental damage from a 15,000 liter cyanide leak on Sunday caused by a faulty valve. Local residents of J�chal, outraged and fearful of their water supply being contaminated, began protesting as soon as they found out, and spurred the governments of the province and the nation to action. |
| Court to hear injunction request against Barrick Gold extractions in Dominican Republic Dominican Today April 22nd, 2015 Sanchez Ramirez province (northeast) Civil Court judge Jacqueline Y. Ramos will hear on April 28 the request for an injunction to halt mining against Barrick Gold�s local operation Pueblo Viejo Dominicana filed by the missionary Rafael Guill�n, EFE reports. |
| Chile regulator seeks new sanctions against Barrick's Pascua-Lama Reuters April 22nd, 2015 Chile's environmental regulator SMA said on Wednesday it will seek new sanctions against Barrick Gold Corp's massive Pascua-Lama gold and silver project, further complicating the possibility that the suspended mine might resume construction. |
| Barrick Settlement on Rapes and Killings in Papua New Guinea Proof that Victims Need Independent Legal Counsel Mining Watch April 3rd, 2015 April 3, 2015. Today, eleven of at least 120 women who claim to have been raped and gang raped by security guards at Barrick Gold�s Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea, and three of many more men and their families who claim to have been the victims of violence and killing by security guards, finally got equitable settlements. These fortunate claimants were the clients of lawyers with US-based EarthRights International, who was prepared to file legal cases on their behalf. |
| Canada mining firm compensates Papua New Guinea women after alleged rapes by Karen McVeigh, Guardian April 3rd, 2015 Watchdog reported pattern of extreme sexual violence by security workers 11 tribal women said a previous �remedy framework� for 137 women fell short |
| 200 girls and women raped: now 11 of them win better compensation from the world's biggest gold miner by Rick Feneley, Sydney Morning Herald April 3rd, 2015 Out-of-court settlement prevents human rights group EarthRights International filing a lawsuit against Barrick Gold in the United States. |
| JOHN BAIRD STRIKES GOLD WITH BARRICK by Sakura Saunders, Now Toronto March 31st, 2015 Regardless of technical legality, Baird's former department oversaw the transfer of millions of dollars of public monies to Barrick Gold and Munk's projects |
| Former foreign affairs minister John Baird joins Barrick Gold international advisory board by BRENT PATTERSON , Rabble Former foreign affairs minister John Baird is now a member of the international advisory board for the Toronto-based mining giant Barrick Gold. |
| Barrick faces multi-billion dollar suit over Porgera mine by Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com March 19th, 2015 Canada's Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX:ABX), in the midst of a worldwide assets sale to help reduce net debt by at least $3 billion, has something else to worry about these days, as the firm is now facing a legal threat in Papua New Guinea. |
| Porgera Gold Mine Landowners claim $US4b from Barrick Post Courier (PNG) March 11th, 2015 MP Mangape says Barrick owes $US4 billion for breach of contract agreements including Special Mining Lease landowners� resettlement packages, Fly in Fly Out agreement projects, infrastructure including roads and bridges, social and environmental damages. Mr Mangape on behalf of landowners from both Special Mining Lease (SML) and Lease for Mining Purposes (LMP) said the claim was genuine and if Barrick doesn�t pay, they will take it to the international arbitration. |
| Unveiling Medals, Veiling Abuse: A profile of the mines sourcing PanAm Medals by compiled by Sakura Saunders March 3rd, 2015 Barrick Gold and the Royal Canadian Mint today unveiled the design of the medals to be awarded to athletes at this summer's PanAm games. 4,000 competitions medals will be awarded during the course of both the Pan Am Games and the Parapan Am Games. But why are we using this opportunity to promote the irresponsible practice of open pit gold mining, especially considering that we get more than enough gold these days from recycled sources? Specifically, why are we celebrating a mining company whose abuses are well documented and widespread. To illustrate my point, let's look at the three mines highlighted as the sources of the PanAm medals. |
| Out-of-Court Settlement Good for Some Tanzanian Villagers � But Many Others Hindered from Participation by Barrick�s Grievance Mechanism Mining Watch Canada and RAID February 9th, 2015 Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) and MiningWatch Canada (MiningWatch) recognise the significance of the settlement, announced on Friday 6 February 2015, of claims brought by Tanzanian villagers alleging that African Barrick Gold (now Acacia Mining) and its subsidiary were liable, through complicity, for killing and injuring of locals at the North Mara mine by police guarding the mine. The claims, brought by leading law firm Leigh Day, were denied by the companies. |
| Acacia settles with Tanzanian villagers over mine fatalities Reuters February 6th, 2015 Gold miner Acacia (ACAA.L), formerly known as African Barrick, has settled out of court with Tanzanian villagers wanting compensation in relation to fatal incidents at its North Mara mine, the law firm representing the claimants said on Friday. |
| Nevada court hears Barrick Gold-Philippines province appeal by Ken Ritter, AP February 4th, 2015 A Philippine island province that experienced mining waste disasters in the 1990s but has been unable to find a court to hear its claim for damages is asking Nevada's highest court to rekindle a nearly 10-year-old state lawsuit against Barrick Gold Corp. |
 | Protest in Nevada: Mining companies must pay full costs to remedy harm EVERYWHERE they operate by Catherine Coumans February 3rd, 2015 Today, south of Canada in the US state of Nevada, lawyers for the Province of Marinduque squared off against lawyers for Barrick Gold. Marinduque is holding Barrick Gold responsible for providing remedy for multiple disastrous mine waste failures in Marinduque that have caused serious damage to major river and sea ecosystems and have harmed many Marinduquenos. Last year, Barrick tried to make the law suit go away by offering Marinduque $20 million (of which the province would only get about $12 million after legal and administrative fees). The Province of Marinduque rightly turned down this grossly inadequate offer with its many onerous conditions. And so, the Province is back in court continuing the battle against Barrick for a fair settlement that will allow the Province to clean up the mess that mining has left behind. |
